Chiang Taylor, Bachmann Gloria A
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Piscataway, NJ, USA.
RWJMS Women's Health Institute, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Sex Med Rev. 2022 Oct;10(4):632-635. doi: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2022.06.003. Epub 2022 Aug 25.
Many transgender individuals seeking healthcare have had at least one negative experience related to being transgender. As a result, transgender patients may forego seeking healthcare treatment atall, leading to adverse long-term health outcomes. With barriers to care and oftentimes suboptimal care provided to transgender individuals, TranZap, in collaboration with the PROUD Gender Center of NJ, was commenced.
To provide a review on the current transgender resources to finding healthcare, and the impetus behind creating a transgender health app to streamline this process. The vision of this app, TranZap, is to empower transgender individuals who are seeking healthcare such that they are better educated and knowledgeable regarding available healthcare providers.
With no data available from usual sources, such as Google Scholar, social media, as well as input from the transgender community through social media and word of mouth was utilized to identify the current resources for transgender patients seeking healthcare. This online search was done to identify any type of transgender focused healthcare databases that were community driven.
Four resources were identified: TransBucket, TransAtlas, TransHealthCare, and Erin's Informed Consent hormone replacement therapy map of the US. Noting that there are limited resources, an app that is community driven and provides information on all types of healthcare providers, not exclusively surgeons or endocrinologists, was developed.
Seeking gender-affirming healthcare providers is a strenuous task filled with uncertainty and few reliable resources. Resources that provide the input of transgender individuals on their experiences with healthcare providers is one step in addressing this issue. Resources, such as TranZap, must be developed to close the gaps in access to healthcare by providing a platform for transgender patients to share experiences about healthcare providers in the hopes that those using the app will be able to find a welcoming gender-affirming provider. Chiang T, Bachmann GA. The TranZap: A Transgender Resource for Identifying Gender-Affirming Providers. Sex Med Rev 2022;10:632-635.
许多寻求医疗保健的跨性别者至少有过一次与跨性别身份相关的负面经历。因此，跨性别患者可能会完全放弃寻求医疗治疗，从而导致长期不良健康后果。由于跨性别者在获得医疗保健方面存在障碍，而且往往得到的护理并不理想，于是TranZap与新泽西州骄傲性别中心合作启动了相关项目。
综述当前跨性别者寻找医疗保健的资源，以及创建一款跨性别健康应用程序以简化这一过程的背后动力。这款名为TranZap的应用程序的愿景是增强寻求医疗保健的跨性别者的能力，使他们在了解现有医疗保健提供者方面受到更好的教育并拥有更多知识。
由于无法从谷歌学术等常规来源获取数据，因此利用社交媒体以及通过社交媒体和口口相传从跨性别群体获得的信息，来确定寻求医疗保健的跨性别患者的现有资源。此次在线搜索旨在识别任何类型的由社区驱动的、以跨性别者为重点的医疗保健数据库。
确定了四个资源：TransBucket、TransAtlas、TransHealthCare以及艾琳的美国知情同意激素替代疗法地图。鉴于资源有限，开发了一款由社区驱动的应用程序，该应用程序提供各类医疗保健提供者的信息，而不仅仅是外科医生或内分泌科医生的信息。
寻找性别肯定型医疗保健提供者是一项艰巨的任务，充满不确定性且可靠资源稀缺。提供跨性别者关于其与医疗保健提供者经历的资源是解决这一问题的一个步骤。必须开发像TranZap这样的资源，通过为跨性别患者提供一个分享医疗保健提供者经历的平台，来缩小获得医疗保健方面的差距，希望使用该应用程序的人能够找到一个接纳他们的性别肯定型提供者。蒋T，巴赫曼GA。TranZap：一款用于识别性别肯定型提供者的跨性别资源。性医学评论2022；10：632 - 635。
